Gaurav Shah- is a researcher in
the field of Media and Religion. He has earned a Ph.D. in Mass
Communication from Banaras Hindu University and has done his Masters in
Mass Communication with specialization in Media Management. He has also
done an advanced course in Peace Studies from University of Oslo,
Norway. Gaurav holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Conflict Management and
Development from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). His papers related to
media and peace has already been published in peer reviewed
international journal „Peace Works‟. He has also published a paper
titled “New Media: Issues of Women Empowerment” in e-PG Pathsala- a
project by UGC. Gaurav can be contacted at gauravshah0408@gmail.com.

Girish Dubey

Phra Panuwat
Udchai

Reena Baral

Anita Sodhi

Rohan Kumar

Rohan Kumar is a Ph.D candidate at
Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras
Hindu University. He has done M.A in ‘Conflict Management and
Development Studies’ from the same Centre and M.Phil from same faculty.
Under academic exchange program, Rohan spent one Semester at Karlstad
University, Sweden and received Linnaeus-Palme scholarship. At Karlstad
University, Rohan studied ‘Intercultural Communications’ and ‘Swedish
Welfare State Model’. He has attended several International and National
Seminars, and has actively participated in several field studies in
consultation with ORF and IDSA. He has done his Graduation from Faculty
of Social Sciences and PGDM from Faculty of Management Studies at the
Banaras Hindu University. He holds ‘First Division’ throughout his
career. Rohan had part of his schooling at a prominent Boarding School
in Kozhikode, Kerala. He was the zonal topper of Political Science in
the CBSE Senior Secondary Exam. For the last one year, he has been a
visiting Faculty at the Alliance Institute for Global Education, an
exchange program of Arcadia University and Butler University, USA. His
Research topic is ‘Energy Security: Study of International
Collaborations’. He is an active bloggler and writes mainly on social
and political issues.

Amrita Singh

Amrita Singh is pursuing PhD at Malaviya Center for Peace Research.
Before joining the center she worked with a leading Hindi daily Dainik
Bhaskar as Sub Editor, she was also guest faculty in University of
Allahabad in Journalism & Mass Communication Department.

She pursued her Graduation from University of Allahabad, P.G. diploma in
Hindi Journalism From Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.
She pursued her post Graduation fron Kurukeshetra University,
Kurukeshetra, Haryana.

She is an executive member of a theater group Wings Cultural Society,
New Delhi. Got prize from Governor of Madhya Pradesh in National level
debate competition in 2005. She has keen interest in creative writing
her articles and poems have published in different Magazines and News
Papers

Jyotsna Srivastava

Jyotsna Srivastava is pursuing her Ph.D form Malaviya Center for Peace
Research. She holds Master degree in "Conflict Management and
Development". She is Gold Medalist in her Master degree. She attended
Summer Course at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, worked on
"Religion and Foreign Policy". She has worked as Research Assistant with
a Full Bright Professor from USA, on the issue of Casteism and Conflict.
She has earned wide field exposure in area of Social Disruption,
Casteism and Urbanization while working on her Master dissertation. She
has keen interest in empirical study. Her research interest area include
issues of Refugees and Migrants, Religion and Politics, Multiculturalism
and Women centric issues.

Sachin Kumar Singh

Sachin Kumar Singh is pursuing his
Ph D. from Malaviya Center for Peace Research. His research area
includes environmentally induced migration, climate change, climate
refugees and human security. He possessed his M. Phil degree in
Subaltern Studies and his master degree in Political Science from
Banaras Hindu University. He completed his M. Phil dissertation on "Bhartiya
Loktantra evam Muslim Alpasankhyak Ek Samavesi Dristikon."

He is awardee of UGC NET-JRF in Political Science. He has also qualified
NET in "Human Rights and Duties".

Shailen Verma

Abhishek
Narangwal

Abhishek
Narangwal has joined as a Ph.D. scholar in MCPR in June 2016. The topic
of his research is “Peace Economics Approach to Food Security- Case of
Darbhanga”.

His academic
interests are in Peace Economics, Environmental Economics, Philosophy of
Sciences and Political Economy.

Before joining
MCPR, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Indian
Academy Centre for Research and PG Studies, Bangalore University
(2014-15) for one year and Ad-hoc faculty in Sir Parashurambhau College,
University of Pune (2013), for a semester. He has also worked as
Research Assistant in the Centre for Social Concern, Hyderabad for a
year 2010-11.

He is Masters
in Economics (2007-09) from University of Hyderabad with UGC-NET in
Economics (2012). He is graduate in Economics (2004-07) from University
of Delhi.